DHCP Relay Network Topology and Workflow

The following example depicts the interaction between a DHCP client and a server:
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DHCP Client-Relay-Server Architecture
The following list outlines the operations that the DHCP relay agent performs to forward the message to the server :
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Note

All_DHCP_Servers multicast address option is not implemented for IPv6, as there is no IPv6 MCAST support for site-local and global address.